"Who...?"
Smoker failed to dodge in time and took a kick that sent him straight down. If he hadn't reacted quickly, he would have fallen into the sea.
Even so, his body skimmed the Sea Surface as he flew backward. Smoker hurriedly turned and looked up. A huge black Bat hovered there, beating its wings.
His attacker was Flying Bat Fujita, a Rear Admiral from Army Headquarters. "Heh... You're Smoker?"
Fujita bared his teeth in a grin. He seemed in no hurry to finish Smoker off. Instead, he pointed back at the mast of Sang Biao's ship. "That guy is what you've got coming. And I'll be giving you special attention."
Smoker followed his finger and froze in shock. Kuro of a Hundred Plans had been defeated too. He hung high from the top of the mast, a sharp hook driven through his chest.
So far, two of Ye Chen's companions had fallen: his strategist Kuro and his cook Stone!
It wasn't that they were weak. The people Sengoku had sent were simply too strong!
Two Vice Admirals, eight Rear Admirals, and an adviser. That force was at least as powerful as a mid-tier Shichibukai Pirate crew.
"Oh, right. Someone specifically asked for you dead. I'll tell you a few things before you die, so you'll know what happened. Remember my name when you reach the underworld. I'm Fujita. People call me Flying Bat. I'm a Bat-Fruit User of the Zoan type."
Fujita was clearly a chatterbox. He rambled so much he nearly told Smoker everything his superiors had ordered him to do.
"Fujita? Are you from Wano Country?"
The name immediately brought one country to mind: Japan. In the world of One Piece, that meant the mysterious, closed-off Wano Country!
It was Ryuma's homeland, and Fujitora's as well.
"Heh...